Jon Fosse

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Jon Fosse

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Jon Fosse
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023

Born: 29 September 1959, Haugesund, Norway

Residence at the time of the award: Norway; Austria

Prize motivation: “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”

Language: Norwegian Nynorsk

Prize share: 1/1

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